Cholesterol regulates ABCD2 gene expression: implications for X-linked adrenoleukodstrophy.

Isabelle Weinhofer; Sonja Forss-Petter; Mihaela Zigman; Johannes Berger

doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-9072-3_43

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Cholesterol regulates ABCD2 gene expression: implications for X-linked adrenoleukodstrophy.

Isabelle Weinhofer·Sonja Forss-Petter·Mihaela Zigman·Johannes Berger

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Isabelle Weinhofer, Sonja Forss-Petter, Mihaela Zigman, Johannes Berger. 2003. Cholesterol regulates ABCD2 gene expression: implications for X-linked adrenoleukodstrophy.. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9072-3_43

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